Half the cost is a pretty darn good reason to get a Kimber and also a pretty good wife argument to let you get one.
My choices remain the same and I kind of sensed your reasoning.
Far as that PNW stick wielding dude, I heard he's about as handsome and manly as they come. Hell of a swell fella and no ego to speak of.
Why don't ya send him a PM and tell him what your dream grips would look like.
I have it on good authority that his wife is in Sweden till May and he can do whatever the hell he wants pretty much. His bench is pretty much clear and its suppose to rain all weekend. Quality bench time for sure. He's trolling looking for a possible short term affair but that ain't gonna happen.
Can't recall his name but he answers to most anything.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."